Girls name-what do they make you think of?

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Hello, myself and my husband found out we are having a girl today. We are very excited and have narrowed it down to three names. We will probably wait until we see her but looking for others opinions but reluctant to share with family. The names are:
Hettie
Effie
Pearl
What kind of name would you class each name as? What do they remind you of? We are aware of the Hettie is a hoover and Effie could be made to sound like a swear word type comments, but these aren’t strong enough factors to put us off. Surname begins with L and is fairly commonplace.

Pearl's a singer. Terribly melancholy song.

www.last.fm/music/Elkie+Brooks/_/Pearl's+A+Singer

There were a lot of Effie’s about when I was a student nurse (Scotland). I like it. I don’t think I’ve met an Effie in the last ten years.
I really like Hettie. I know a lovely girl called that.
Pearl makes me think of a grumpy lady. I think there was maybe a Pearl in coronation street years ago?
Known of the names make me think anything about the parents. Just sounds middle class.

Congratulations op!!

To me though:
Hettie- fluffy cat (I know a mega floof cat called Hattie) or old American lady in church clothes
Effie - the character from hunger games
Pearl- Wilma flinstones mum (pearl slaghoople)

They're all lovely names though, I just watch a lot of TV!

I like Pearl best

To me they are sweet names but not very strong names.
I don’t ‘really’ dislike them but don’t really like them either.

Effie is my favourite but I'd spell it Effy. I absolutely love it.

Hettie is my 2nd favourite. I never can decide if I prefer Hettie or Hattie but it doesn't make me think of the Hoover and don't think it's too nicknamey.

Pearl always reminds me of an old, posh grandma.

Pearl is lovely. I know a little girl called Pearl and it suits her so well. Her mum and dad chose it so it also was a nice-sounding name in English and also the native language of the country where she will grow up (Perla). It's a lovely classic name IMO.

I'm not keen on giving children nickname as given names, particularly ones ending in "ie"/"y", they sound too cutesy.

I believe Hettie/Hetty is a diminutive form of Henrietta, which is a lovely name.

Not keen on Effie personally, nor the long form.

Pearl. I know a ten year old one. The other ones are nick names in my opinion.

Thank you all for your replies. We had a chat last night and I think we are going to take Pearl off the table-it just doesn’t feel quite right.
So it’s now between Hettie and Effie. We aren’t keen on Henrietta or Euphemia so what else could we use as birth certificate names? I think too many people are saying they are nicknamey for them to be standalone names really. We would use Hettie and Effie on a day to day basis.

Hettie & Effie - lile them both but would put something longer on the birth certificate
Pearl - love it!

For Hettie, you could have Harriet, Hester. For Effie, Josephine, or at a push Elizabeth?

Hettie makes me think of a slightly scatty cat lady. Effie (once heard this trashed by staff at a primary school but it was because they were all too ignorant to know it was a genuine diminutive of Ephigenia not a made up name), it's quite sweet, fairy-like. Pearl I wish I liked but it would be terrible if they weren't pretty to counteract the potential lumpiness of it.

Arrietty for hettie?
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Hettie is ok, I think it’s the pink version of Henry Hoover... I prefer Henrietta as the full name or Harriet (Hattie)
Not keen on Effie or Pearl.

I love all 3. Makes me think of quirky but strong girls and Swallows and amazon's 😊

Harriet
Hester

Elizabeth
Iphigenia
Efa (Welsh form of Eva)

On a different note, there was a children's book I loved long ago that I think was called "Hettie: her first hundred years" which was an autobiography of a doll.

The only Hettie I know is Hepzibah.

Hettie is pretty and cute but not really a strong name for an adult. Could you give her something else and use Hettie as a nn, ie Harriet? Henrietta?

Effie makes me think of that program, Skins. Conjurs up an image of thick black eyeliner and teen-angst. Not really a fan.

Pearl is nice, quite old grannyish but all those names are making a comeback and Pearl doesn't seem to be over-used.

I really like Hetty but would personally have Henrietta or Harriet on the birth certificate

Effie is nice too but i.feel like it needs a more formal name

Pearl is my favourite though, yes it seems like a big name for a baby but i personally think it is very darling but with a strength to it.

Good luck choosing, all are lovely names

Hettie you could have Heather, Harriet

Hettie is the better one. I prefer Harriet though which is similar, but if it got shortened to Hattie not much difference. Is Hettie going to be short for Henrietta? I mean I presume that will be the official version?

Sorry just read you don't like Henrietta, I'm not keen it's a bit old fashioned.

for effie you could have Elizabeth, Josefa

or you could make her first name begin with an E, her middle name begin with an F and spell it Effie

Hettie - reminds me of a chicken....purely because DS is obsessed with farm books and every other chicken in them is called “Hettie Hen”

Effie - makes me think of Jenifer Hudson in Dreamgirls ie shouty and high maintenance Like it though!

Pearl - pretty and reminds me of the cute little squid/octopus from Finding Nemo

All very lovely but I think hettie is becoming very well used.